bounty42

You ever get the feeling some people are commenting on every single shirt, and removing the linkback to said shirt, so that their design in the sig line is listed over and over, and shows up on every single shirt page?

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■(1:40 PM, 7/27/2012) bounty42 quips, "Forget Guest Editor, what we need is a Guest Rejectionator."
■(10:40 AM, 6/21/2012 ) bounty42 inquires, "Is it just me, or do we not typically get this many Editors Choice shirts?"
■(2:02 PM, 6/15/2012) bounty42 runs numbers.
■(10:40 AM, 6/7/2012) bounty42 dispenses wisdom for all those 'too late' naysayers, "A woot shirt is never late, nor is it early, it arrives precisely when it means to."
■(3:20 PM, 5/18/2012) bounty42 states, "The turtle is very cute, and I love the smug look he's got."

fishbiscuit5

benjaminleebates

bounty42 wrote:You ever get the feeling some people are commenting on every single shirt, and removing the linkback to said shirt, so that their design in the sig line is listed over and over, and shows up on every single shirt page?

Optimist says, everyone is so kind to each other, with great supportive comments. Pessimist says, They're just posting to piggy-back on my work to spread their sig. line around.

bounty42

benjaminleebates wrote:Optimist says, everyone is so kind to each other, with great supportive comments. Pessimist says, They're just posting to piggy-back on my work to spread their sig. line around.

When it happens once or twice, I go 'meh'. When I see 13 with a total of 28 words between them (if we count +1 as a word.)...

I think one of the great rules of thumb for any forum post is that anything you have to say should take up at least as much screen space as the sig file you've attached after it. Otherwise you're either not saying enough, or need a smaller Sig.

Numquam minoris aestimo potentia stultis, maxime in magna coetus
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■(1:40 PM, 7/27/2012) bounty42 quips, "Forget Guest Editor, what we need is a Guest Rejectionator."
■(10:40 AM, 6/21/2012 ) bounty42 inquires, "Is it just me, or do we not typically get this many Editors Choice shirts?"
■(2:02 PM, 6/15/2012) bounty42 runs numbers.
■(10:40 AM, 6/7/2012) bounty42 dispenses wisdom for all those 'too late' naysayers, "A woot shirt is never late, nor is it early, it arrives precisely when it means to."
■(3:20 PM, 5/18/2012) bounty42 states, "The turtle is very cute, and I love the smug look he's got."

orabbit

I've had this idea kicking around for a while, and this seemed like the derby to get it done. I have a fear of moths, but find them fascinating at the same time. Something about the dust on their wings and the erratic way they fly. Anyway, thanks for looking!

tjschaeffer

bounty42 wrote:When it happens once or twice, I go 'meh'. When I see 13 with a total of 28 words between them (if we count +1 as a word.)...

I think one of the great rules of thumb for any forum post is that anything you have to say should take up at least as much screen space as the sig file you've attached after it. Otherwise you're either not saying enough, or need a smaller Sig.

I cannot but help to point out that some person who may or may not be doing this, might have also done the same thing in the "One Word" derby, using essentially the same shirt design...

I don't have a problem with people posting positive comments on a lot of shirt designs. I think it's a good thing. But I think it's a much nicer thing if, when you comment on a design, you do not delete the quote linking to that design.

bounty42

tjschaeffer wrote:I don't have a problem with people posting positive comments on a lot of shirt designs. I think it's a good thing. But I think it's a much nicer thing if, when you comment on a design, you do not delete the quote linking to that design.

This also helps answer my question of "how many other people are crazy enough to read this thread as a thread... And I think all of us who do lament the lack of a linkback to the design a comment is actually TALKING about. I call the Phantom comments.

Numquam minoris aestimo potentia stultis, maxime in magna coetus
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■(1:40 PM, 7/27/2012) bounty42 quips, "Forget Guest Editor, what we need is a Guest Rejectionator."
■(10:40 AM, 6/21/2012 ) bounty42 inquires, "Is it just me, or do we not typically get this many Editors Choice shirts?"
■(2:02 PM, 6/15/2012) bounty42 runs numbers.
■(10:40 AM, 6/7/2012) bounty42 dispenses wisdom for all those 'too late' naysayers, "A woot shirt is never late, nor is it early, it arrives precisely when it means to."
■(3:20 PM, 5/18/2012) bounty42 states, "The turtle is very cute, and I love the smug look he's got."

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